This Friday afternoon, Pedro Sánchez held a new telephone conversation with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, when the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union is about to expire, and while the decision is pending. possible participation of Spain in the military operation led by the North American administration in the Red Sea, to stop the attacks of the Houthi militias that threaten global commercial traffic in this enclave. The Spanish Government only contemplates an intervention under the multilateral umbrella of the EU or NATO.
Sánchez himself has reported on this conversation with Biden: “We have addressed the dramatic situation in Gaza and I have conveyed my willingness to seek a political solution that enables the coexistence of a State of Palestine and the State of Israel in peace and security.” the Spanish president has highlighted.
Sánchez and Biden, as the head of the Executive stressed, “share the need to maintain firm transatlantic unity in the face of global challenges.” Without mentioning, however, the military operation in the Red Sea.
The President of the Government has assured that he has thanked Biden for “his congratulations on my inauguration.” “And I have reiterated my willingness to continue strengthening cooperation with the United States, a strategic partner, ally and friend of Spain, during this new term,” Sánchez stressed.
The White House has reported that it was Biden himself who called Sánchez “to congratulate him on achieving a new mandate.”
And the Moncloa has highlighted that the President of the Government has addressed the situation in the Gaza Strip with the President of the United States, "during the first telephone conversation between both in the new legislature."
The Government has explained that "there are many areas in which both countries work together, as reflected in the joint declaration adopted during Biden's visit to Madrid, in June 2022." Spain and the United States have explained in the Executive "they also share geostrategic objectives such as the diversification of value chains in key sectors, including the semiconductor sector, the development of Artificial Intelligence that respects human values and promotes innovation, or collaboration in the face of global challenges such as the fight against the climate emergency.”
During the conversation they had, Sánchez “underlined the dramatic situation in which Gaza finds itself and has conveyed to President Biden the willingness of the Government of Spain to try to reach a political solution that makes possible the coexistence of a State of Palestine and the State of Israel in peace and security, as well as the need for a humanitarian ceasefire.”
Both leaders, as reported by Moncloa, have also spoken about “how to continue strengthening their bilateral cooperation in matters such as the management of migratory flows through legal channels.” Likewise, they explained that Sánchez and Biden have spoken of “the need to maintain transatlantic unity, especially in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
